The ninth special training session on juvenile prosecutorial work concluded at the Beidaihe Procuratorial Technical Support Center of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) in Hebei province on Sept 20.
Shi Weizhong, Deputy Prosecutor General of the SPP, delivered a lecture to participants on the final day. He emphasized taking the 40th anniversary of the establishment of China's juvenile prosecutorial work as an opportunity to continuously implement the decisions and arrangements of the Communist Party of China Central Committee on strengthening the prevention and control of juvenile delinquency and the protection of minors' rights and interests.
He urged efforts to punish crimes against minors in accordance with the law, deepen the integrated performance of duties in criminal, civil, administrative, and public interest litigation prosecutorial work, comprehensively improve the quality and efficiency of juvenile prosecutorial work, and better safeguard the healthy growth of minors.
The session aimed to guide prosecutors engaged in juvenile prosecutorial work to earnestly implement the guiding principles of the Symposium on the Prevention and Governance of Juvenile Delinquency and the 40th Anniversary of Juvenile Prosecutorial Work, to enhance the awareness that "prevention means protection, and punishment also serves rehabilitation," and to improve the political competence, professional capability and professional ethics of the juvenile prosecutorial team in an integrated manner, ensuring that every case is handled with high quality and efficiency.
The curricula focused on key priorities of juvenile prosecution, including the understanding and application of the latest judicial interpretations, the handling of sexual offence cases against minors and public interest litigation cases, and the use of digital technology in juvenile prosecutorial work.
The lectures were delivered by a diverse group of lecturers including representatives of the Chongqing procuratorates' juvenile protection work team, national prosecutorial experts, experts in adjudication and investigation from the Supreme People's Court and public security organs, as well as frontline judicial social workers.
In terms of teaching methods, equal emphasis was placed on knowledge input and experience sharing. During the training, participants held group discussions on key and difficult issues in juvenile prosecutorial work in the new era.
A total of 103 juvenile prosecution professionals from prosecutorial organs at four levels across the country attended the session, including frontline prosecutors from the procuratorates where the 40 SPP juvenile prosecution liaison offices are located.
